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On Reading the Constitution / Laurence H. Tribe, Michael C. Dorf.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©1991Description: 1 online resource (164 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780674044456
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 347.3022
LOC classification:
  • KF4550 ǂb T787 1991eb
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 How Not to Read the Constitution -- 2 Structuring Constitutional Conversations -- 3 Judicial Value Choice in the Definition of Rights -- 4 Seeking Guidance from Other Disciplines: Law, Literature, and Mathematics -- 5 Reconstructing the Constitution as a Reader's Guide -- Notes -- Index of Cases -- General Index
Summary: Our Constitution speaks in general terms of "liberty" and "property," of the "privileges and immunities" of citizens, and of the "equal protection of the laws"-open-ended phrases that seem to invite readers to reflect in them their own visions and agendas. Yet, recognizing that the Constitution cannot be merely what its interpreters wish it to be, this volume's authors draw on literary and mathematical analogies to explore how the fundamental charter of American government should be construed today.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9780674044456

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 How Not to Read the Constitution -- 2 Structuring Constitutional Conversations -- 3 Judicial Value Choice in the Definition of Rights -- 4 Seeking Guidance from Other Disciplines: Law, Literature, and Mathematics -- 5 Reconstructing the Constitution as a Reader's Guide -- Notes -- Index of Cases -- General Index

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Our Constitution speaks in general terms of "liberty" and "property," of the "privileges and immunities" of citizens, and of the "equal protection of the laws"-open-ended phrases that seem to invite readers to reflect in them their own visions and agendas. Yet, recognizing that the Constitution cannot be merely what its interpreters wish it to be, this volume's authors draw on literary and mathematical analogies to explore how the fundamental charter of American government should be construed today.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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